American Political Thought
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| Discipline | Political science |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Benjamin Kleinerman and Thomas Merrill |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2012–present |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press for the American Political Thought organized section of the American Political Science Association (United States) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Am. Political Thought |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 2161-1580 (print) 2161-1599 (web) |
| JSTOR | amerpolithou |
| OCLC no. | 715271444 |
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American Political Thought is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on American "ideas, institutions, and culture."[1] It is published by the University of Chicago Press and sponsored by the American Political Thought organized section of the American Political Science Association.[2][3] The journal bridges "the gap between historical, empirical, and theoretical research."[4] It was established in 2012, and is "the only peer-reviewed academic journal exclusively devoted to its subject."[5] The founding editor-in-chief was Michael Zuckert (University of Notre Dame). The current editors are Benjamin Kleinerman (Baylor University) and Thomas Merrill (American University); Danielle Charette (University of Virginia) serves as the book review editor, Sunyata Courie (American University) serves as the managing editor, and Matthew Reising (Baylor University) serves as an editorial assistant.[6]
Abstracting and indexing
[edit]The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index,[7] EBSCO databases, and Scopus.